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Cupolas

A cupola is a small - or sometimes large - structure on the top of a roof.
They can be nearly any shape including square, rectangular, or dome
shaped. They appear on the tops of a wide variety of structures
including houses, churches, garden gazebos, barns, or the caboose of a
freight train. Cupolas can be purely decorative or highly functional:
Uses for large cupolas include a look-out vantage point, belfries, or to
house a light; smaller cupolas are often useful as a way to exchange light
and air. On barns, cupolas are often topped by weathervanes.

Below: Two large cupolas on top of a church.

Public domain image.

Cupolas are beautiful additions to your home or barn. Contrary to what
some people might believe they are often purchased and added to a building
after it has been completed, as opposed to being "built in" to the building
during initial construction.

Below are cupolas for sale on both Amazon and eBay.

Below: A cupola on top of a horse barn. This cupola is
not only decorative, it acts as a vent to help exchange air.

Other great places to find cupolas are:

Cupolas On eBay - There is usually an excellent selection of a wide variety
of cupolas on eBay in many different sizes and styles.

A Little Cupola History

Cupolas have been seen in architecture in the United States since at least
the days following the Revolutionary War (1775–1783). As far as our research
could find out, the most common speculation is that the American cupola was
influenced the the architecture of the Spanish, who in turn were influenced
the by Moors, who were probably influenced by cupolas in the Middle East.

Regardless of who influenced whom, cupolas have been seen in the United
States since at least the 1700s. They are very popular for practical
purposes (as air vents, look-out posts, and/or a source of light) as
well as for ornate and decorative purposes. The dome-shaped cupola on
top of the United States Capital building is perhaps the best-known
cupola in the US. Many individual state capitols are also topped by
cupolas.

Below: Two cupolas, one with a weathervane, on a barn.

Below: A couple of cupolas on a large, two-story barn.

Public domain image.

Save The Cupola For Later

If you find a cupola you like on Amazon but you're not ready to purchase
it right away, you can always add it to your shopping cart so it will be
easy to find later.

In most cases, Amazon will keep track of your cupola, and anything else
in your shopping cart, for 90 days.

Later on, if you decide you don't want the item(s) after all, it's easy to
click "delete" and remove them from your cart.

In the meantime, if you want to check out with other items, click
"Save for later" to move the cupola to a separate, but still easy-to-find
list beneath your shopping cart.

Important: Putting an item in your Amazon shopping cart or "Save for
later" list does NOT reserve it! It just makes it easier to find
if it's still in stock when you come back.

Below: Screenshot image showing the "delete"
and "Save for later" links when an item is in the Amazon shopping cart.

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